Latest news from the National Housebuilding Council, that building project starts in the three months to April 2010 increased by 74 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, is further indication that the UK's recovery from recession continues on an upward trend.As economic conditions vary across certain sectors, employment prospects for those thinking of making a timely career switch into the trade construction industry look more favourable than most other job fields. Traditionally, becoming a bricklayer is a relatively, straightforward route, comparable to training to be a plumber or learning to be an electrician.Bricklayers can undertake a variety of tasks from building and repairing walls, chimney stacks and tunnel linings to decorative stonework such as archways and refurbishing brickwork and masonry on restoration projects. Bricklayer can find themselves working onsite at a domestic house extension to a large regional commercial development!A typical bricklayer tasks range from :